Laboratory Engineer - AstraZeneca - 7-Month Consulting Assignment

Laboratory Engineers - Sweden Operations

Do you want to work as a Laboratory Engineer in one of the world's best quality control functions at AstraZeneca? Everything we do, we do to make people's lives better. We operate in more than 100 countries worldwide and are one of Sweden's most important export companies. This is the place for you who is driven, takes personal responsibility, and is motivated by new challenges and endless opportunities. For you who want to build on our shared responsibility to make a difference for people, the environment, and society.

Here at AstraZeneca Campus Södertälje, one of the world's largest manufacturing units for pharmaceuticals, we meet in innovative and high-tech environments to produce medicines that change lives.

The mission of the Quality Organization is to work together with the manufacturing units within Sweden Operations to ensure that our patients receive a safe and effective medicine at a reasonable cost. We are now looking for laboratory engineers who want to make a difference every day by supporting the business in the quality controls that are part of the flow for all our products.

Welcome to our team where everyone feels a personal connection to the people we impact. With us, you are the patient's guarantee for safe medicines. A significant role that we proudly take on as our contribution leads to improving the quality of patient healthcare and ultimately the quality of their lives.

Your Role

You are responsible for chemical and physical analysis of finished products, intermediates, active substances, raw materials, and packaging materials/devices. You work closely with production and other support functions such as quality evaluation and process engineering.

You handle a large flow of samples from various manufacturing and purchasing processes. The analyses are conducted using modern techniques in chromatography, spectroscopy, wet chemistry, and measurement methods.

In the laboratories, we work in groups of about 15 people and are part of various cross-functional teams. Therefore, it is important that you enjoy and are good at collaborating with others and can communicate clearly and effectively. The daily routine in the laboratories includes both routine work and re-prioritization of tasks based on what production needs. Therefore, you need to have a structured approach to work but still be flexible if conditions change.

Working with continuous improvements is part of your daily work, and you strive to create robust processes where Lean is our systematic approach. We are on an exciting digitalization journey with many digital tools and increasing automation in our laboratories.

What Skills Are We Looking For?

• Scientific education, e.g., Biomedical Analyst/Analytical Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Measurement Technology or equivalent, or equivalent solid knowledge through professional experience in analytical work, pharmaceutical analysis, or quality control work
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English (both spoken and written)
• Experience in analytical work, specifically HPLC
• Preferred: experience in quality control of pharmaceuticals or other quality controls.
• Preferred: experience working according to GMP
• Preferred: previous AZ experience

Various technical tools are important working instruments in the role, and the requirement for daily delivery means you need to be comfortable working with computers and systems. It is advantageous if you have experience in analytical work specifically HPLC, quality control of pharmaceuticals, or other quality controls. Previous experience working according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Lean is also seen as a merit.

To thrive, it is important that you enjoy learning new things and find improvement work enjoyable.

Why AstraZeneca?

Welcome to a company that promotes inclusion and diversity. With us, you will be part of a broad network and high-performing teams that, through support, trust, and respect, care about your well-being and success. With us, you will find unbiased leadership and a wonderful sense of belonging in engaging teams.

Become a part of our environment, full of expertise and brilliance - with the belief that good can always become better.

Feel free to read more about us and our benefits on our website https://www.astrazeneca.se/karriar.html (https://www.astrazeneca.se/karriar.html) and watch our film series "A life-changing day" on our YouTube channel https://bit.ly/2TioMxP (https://bit.ly/2TioMxP)

Welcome to contribute to a team that makes a difference in other people's lives.

Start date: May 19.

What You Need to Do Now

If you are interested in this role, click on 'apply now' to send an updated copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job is not quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.